TSMC's median employee total compensation reached a record NT$2.95 million in 2025, up about 20% from NT$2.46 million in 2024, as global headcount topped 90,000 for the first time, per-capita pay expense climbed to NT$4.33 million, and the president-to-median pay ratio stood at 822-to-1.
How Much Did TSMC's Median Employee Pay Grow to Reach NT$2.95 Million?
TSMC (台積電)'s median employee total compensation reached NT$2.95 million in 2025, up roughly 20% year over yearCITE:E2. The figure rose from NT$2.46 million in 2024, an increase of NT$490,000CITE:E8.
How Have TSMC's Total Compensation Expense and Per-Capita Pay Changed Over the Past Five Years?
TSMC's annual employee compensation and benefits expense grew from NT$194.6 billion in 2020 to NT$396.1 billion in 2025CITE:E5CITE:E14. Per-capita compensation and benefits expense over the same period rose from NT$2.53 million to NT$4.33 millionCITE:E5CITE:E14.
| Metric | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|
| Total compensation & benefits expense | NT$194.6 billion | NT$396.1 billion |
| Per-capita compensation & benefits expense | NT$2.53 million | NT$4.33 million |
How Has TSMC's Workforce Expanded and What Is the Trend Among New Hires?
TSMC's global headcount surpassed 90,000 for the first time in 2025, up about 8.3% year over yearCITE:E1. The exact total reached 91,487 employees, including 9,225 new hiresCITE:E7.
How Does TSMC Use Stock Purchase Plans and Cash Bonuses to Reward Employees?
TSMC subsidizes 15% of employee purchases under its global stock purchase plan, and more than 85% of employees worldwide participateCITE:E4. In Taiwan, the company approved a total of NT$206.146 billion in cash bonuses and awards in 2025CITE:E12.
How Broad Is TSMC's Employee Benefits Coverage?
TSMC's expanded "Baby Grow" childcare support program drew 8,883 applications in 2025, equal to 11.2% of its Taiwan workforceCITE:E6.
What Geographic and Diversity Patterns Characterize TSMC's Workforce?
TSMC's regular workforce spans 64 nationalities, with employees from Taiwan, China, the United States, and Japan accounting for more than 98% of the totalCITE:E10. By employment contract, TSMC counted 90,557 regular employees and 930 temporary employees; by work arrangement, 91,152 were full-time and 335 were part-timeCITE:E9. Geographically, 86.36% of employees were based in Taiwan, 7.57% in other parts of Asia, and 5.84% in North America, with the remainder in EuropeCITE:E11.
| Region | Share of Employees |
|---|
| Taiwan | 86.36% |
| Other Asia (China, Japan, South Korea) | 7.57% |
| North America | 5.84% |
| Employment Category | Headcount |
|---|
| Regular employees | 90,557 |
| Temporary employees | 930 |
| Full-time employees | 91,152 |
| Part-time employees | 335 |
What Does TSMC's Pay Distribution Reveal About the Gap With Top Management?
TSMC's median employee total compensation was about 1-to-822 relative to the president's total compensation in 2025CITE:E13. The median ratio between the president's annual pay-increase percentage and the average employee's annual pay-increase percentage was about 6.7-to-1CITE:E13.
How Have TSMC's Employee Turnover and Retention Performed?
TSMC's overall employee turnover rate was 2.9% in 2025, while turnover among employees within their first year reached 5.7%CITE:E3. Both figures came in better than the company's internal targetsCITE:E3.
What Does This Mean?
Taken together, the disclosed figures point to accelerating but unevenly distributed pay growth. Per-capita compensation expense rose about 71% over five years, from NT$2.53 million to NT$4.33 millionCITE:E5CITE:E14, while the single-year median-pay increase for 2025 alone reached roughly 20%CITE:E2CITE:E8. That acceleration coincided with a below-target 2.9% turnover rateCITE:E3 and stock-purchase participation above 85%CITE:E4, even as the ratio between median employee pay and the president's total compensation stood at 822-to-1, with the president's pay-increase rate running about 6.7 times the average employee'sCITE:E13.